toil — work extremely hard or incessantly
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: work extremely hard or incessantly
Pronunciation (IPA): /tɔɪl/
Example Sentences
- While others party on weekends, I toil away at my thesis like a scholarly zombie.
- She decided to quit her corporate job and escape the daily toil.
- My grandmother used to toil in the kitchen all day, creating magical meals that could resurrect the dead.
toil
VERB[/tɔɪl/]
work extremely hard or incessantly
Farmers toil under the blazing sun, harvesting wheat from dawn to dusk.
Toil through soil stained with oil!
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old French 'toiler' meaning 'to stir' or 'to work', possibly derived from Latin 'tudiculare' (to crush). The word entered Middle English through Norman French influence.
Breakdown
toil (verb/noun) - a single morpheme with no productive affixes; the base form comes directly from Old French 'toiler' = toil (work hard, struggle)
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📝Examples
“While others party on weekends, I toil away at my thesis like a scholarly zombie.”
“She decided to quit her corporate job and escape the daily toil.”
“My grandmother used to toil in the kitchen all day, creating magical meals that could resurrect the dead.”
“The miners toiled deep underground in dangerous conditions.”
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